Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-10-28
THE CANVASS AND CANDIDATES.


people of Page and Shenandoah
have had such cause for congratu
lation during a period of election
excitement as now. At our las
county court the Democrats held
meeting with three speakers pres
ent besides their two candidates
and we heard no unkind wore
spoken of the Republican candi
dates-King and Bowman. Las
Monday both parties were repre-
sented at Luray. Mr.. r. T. Hub
bard and DR.. King spoke on The
outside of the courthouse, and Rid
dleberger held joint discussion
with the Hon. Thomas Whitehead
on the inside. The day was moi
marred by reference to either of the
candidates in words that could not
have been uttered in his own par
Tor. We feel assured this will con
tinue till election day. The -four
candidates who Immediately inter
est Shenandoah, and the fifth one,
Mr.. E. T. BroyIes, the Republican
nominee of Page, IN whose election
we cannot feel less interest, are all
gentlemen, depOrting themselves as
such Oh all occasions, and leaving
the people to cast their ballots for
the principles of one party or the
other. We do sincerely hope that
the plgmies of politics will allow
this canvass to be ended as it began.
We know the Republicans had
candidates quite equal in personal
character and general reputation to
those of the Democrats. We be-
lleve the carrying out of conserva-
tive republican principles will enure
to the benefit of men, women and
children in this country, and es'
pecially in Virginia. We have seen
Democracy represented IN Federal
and State governments for several
years past. We have a series OF
broken promises, a contracted cur
rency, depleted pocket books, a
new and unconstitutional debt set
Element in lieu of the one DemOc
racy promised not to interfere with
We have unsupported asylums, old
ladies dying in Jail as lunatics, con
fined in cells with murderers, who
were sent to the penitentiary fol
heir crimes. We find ourselves
without money to support the
school system, except with shorter
sessions, and we have learned by
actions, which speak founder than
words, that modern Democracy. so
reprobates the Federal government
as that it will never allow it to as
sist ID the matter of public educa-
ton.
We may briefly conclude this ar
ticle by stating that, in our judg-
meDI, SmOOt and Magruder are quite
as good as King and Bowman, if it
we're not for their poisonous, mod
ernized Democracy. We believe it
to be duty that every man owes
to his State or his family, to vote
against Smoot and Magruder, be-
cause they entertain principles, if
we may judge them by their past,
as variable as the weather note in
GTuber's almanac.
1t was IN 1888 that a howl was
raised for a change. Democracy
Overcame REIMBURSEMENT, and we
have found everything changed
since then. We suggest that it
would be better for the people to
again. Changes are some
times conducive of great good at
other times Of great injury. We
have seen the effect of the change
Of 1913 in State politics. and of 'S4 in
Federal politics, and now we sub
NIT confidently to the good judg.
ment of the people of Shenandoah
we had not better try some
IF the men who are not frightened
Dy the scare-crOw of name when
Virginia was in her direst distress.